KUWAIT'S CLIMATE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER "DANGEROUS PHASE" BY 2023

  • 03/11/2022

Kuwait City: The majority of Kuwaitis seek shelter inside during the sweltering summer, whether for work, housing, or even for entertainment and shopping. Every year, people who are compelled to work in open spaces are subjected to high temperatures, which could globally reach unprecedented levels in the coming years. The highest temperature ever in Asia and third highest globally since records began in 1886 were measured on July 21, 2016, at a meteorological observatory in Mutribah, northwest of Kuwait. 


Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi, the forecaster for the meteorological department, warned that Kuwait will enter a "dangerous phase" by 2035, with an expected increase in annual average temperatures of about two degrees Celsius from 2010. According to Al-Qarawi, these rates have actually gone up 1.1 degrees over the past 30 years, from 2010 to 2021. The Jahra region in 2021 and Sulaibiya in 2020, both of which are populated areas, both saw Kuwait's highest temperatures in recent memory of 54 and 53 degrees, respectively. Al-Qarawi claims that while temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius were once, twice, or even four times a year in Kuwait in the 1980s and 1990s, they are now possibly twenty days a year. 

Air, thunder, and dust storms that hit the nation have become more intense as well. These storms are typically filled with dust, which can cause cases of suffocation, especially in people with chest conditions. Additionally, it spreads dangerous bacteria and speeds up the spread of skin conditions.

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